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0023845
Publisher: Sotheby's
Place Published: New York
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 17 May, 495pp.
Description: Lot 335. Torso, 1967 (LH 569, cast 7) illust. and accompanying text. Also includes biographical image of Moore c.1946.
Lot 338. Maquette for Reclining Figure: Hand, 1976 (LH 707, cast 7) illust.
Lot 339. Architecture Prize, 1979 (LH 756, cast 9) illust.
Lot 342. Three Motives Against Wall No.1, 1958 (LH 441, cast i) illust. and accompanying text.
Lot 343. Standing Figure Relief No.1, 1960 (LH 460, cast 2) illust.
Lot 344. Standing Figure Relief No.2, 1960 (LH 461, cast 2) illust.

0023847
Publisher: Sotheby's
Place Published: New York
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 8 June, 72pp.
Description: Lot 50. Stringed Figure, 1966 (LH 186e, cast 7) illust.
Lot 53. Mother with Child on Back, 1969 (LH 540, cast 2) illust.
Lot 54. Doll Head, 1967 (LH 567, cast 3) illust.
0023850
Publisher: Bonhams
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 14 June, 179pp.
Description: Lot 14. Woman Playing with Child, 1983 (HMF 83(30)) illust with accompanying text.
Lot 15. Stringed Figure, 1938 cast 1960 (LH 186b) illust. with accompanying text, including comparative work Construction in Space: Crystal, 1937, Naum Gabo.
0023852
Publisher: Sotheby's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 21 June, 143pp.
Description: No Moore artwork in sale. Advertisment in back of publication (page 126) for sale with Moore works, Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale, Sotheby's, 22 June 2017 (see 0023851).
0023854
Publisher: Shinwa Art Auction
Place Published: Tokyo
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 22 July
Description: Lot 98. Picture Frame: Mother and Child, 1977 (LH 737) illust.
0023529
Publisher: Christie's
Place Published: New York and London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 111pp.Illus.
Description: A glossy brochure of the items in the Tuttleman Collection that are in Christie's sales in 2017. Two of Moore's works Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop 1976 (LH 677) and Maquette for Draped Reclining Mother and Baby 1982 (LH 820), are for sale at the Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on 15 May 2017 and the Day Sale on 16 May 2017, in New York, and one, Seated Woman 1958-59 (LH 440), is for sale at the Modern British and Irish Art Evening Sale on 26 June 2017 in London. Page 50 shows a full page image of Moore in one of his studios working on a model dated circa 1965 with an overlaid quote from Moore on the subject of sculpture in the open air and in lansdscape. Page 51 shows full page image of Seated Woman 1958-59 (LH 440). Page 52 has a number of Moore's works shown in a display cabinet along with other artists work at the Tuttleman's residence, Philadelphia. Page 53 shows an image of Maquette for Draped Reclining Mother and Baby 1982 (LH 820), together with quotes from Moore, including 'A sculpture is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds' and discussion on Moore and the motif of the reclining figure. There are references to being 'true to material', the influence of Leon Underwood, John D. Morse's Henry Moore Comes to America magazine of Art 1947 and to Roger Fry's essays in Vision and Design. An image of Moore's Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop 1976 (LH 677) is draped over pages 54 and 55 as a lot for sale with provenance and literature cited together with discussion on the enduring importance of reclining female figure to Moore's work including reference to Chacmool and Moore's first sighting of it in the Trocadéro, Paris in 1922. Page 56 shows an image of Moore's Maquette for Draped Reclining Mother and Baby 1982 (LH 820) as a lot for sale with literature citations. Page 91 has image of Seated Woman 1958-59 (LH 440) as a lot for sale. There is passing reference to Moore on page 11 and an image of part of Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop 1976 (LH 677) on page 12 and another full image of Working Model for Reclining Figure: Prop 1976 (LH 677) on page 31, both in the residential setting of the Tuttlemans' collection.  
0023530
Publisher: Messum's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 56pp.Illus.
Description: 45 plates of Ken Smith's sculptures presented in glossy brochure with no page numbers, with loose black and white price list found within the covers, together with invitation to a private view party at Messum's 28 Cork Street on 19 July 2017. Plate 21 and 22 are accompanied by a reproduction of a letter from Moore at Perry Green dated 6 July 1971 inviting Smith to visit him. Adjacent to plate 23 there is reference to unrealised arrangements for Smith to meet Moore in Carrara and to a letter from Moore to the Slade professor of sculpture Reg Butler in support of Smith, with Butler quoted as saying 'well, if Henry Moore says he thinks you're OK, then I think you'd better pop along and study here'. Plates 24-25 are presented next to text mentioning a visit by Smith to Mary Moore's residence in Dorset in the mid 1980s with a quote from Mary Moore 'my dad liked your sculptures and I do too.' Text next to plate 39 refers to Moore's encourgament for Smith. Further passing references to Moore next to plates 16 and 41.
0023531
Publisher: Sotheby's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 56pp.Illus.
Description: The presentation of works for sale in the Bloch family collection includes five Moore sculptures, lots: 104, 107, 112, 115, 122 all presented with provenance, literature and full page images. The introduction to the collection references Moore in the context of 20th century art generally and this collection specifically, with an image on the first page of Moore's Reclining Figure 1957 (LH 413). Lot 104 is Moore's Reclining Figure 1938, polished bronze (LH 193) cast 1968-69. Preceding lot 107, Reclining Figure 1939 (LH 208), there is a double page black and white image of Moore in a studio overlaid with a quote from Moore 'A sculpture is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds'. Moore's Reclining Figure 1957 (LH 413) is presented as lot 112 with a quote from Moore 'Sculpture is like a journey. You have a different view as you return. The three-dimensional view is full of surprise in a way that a two-dimensional world could never be'. Moore's Maquette for Three Piece No.3: Vertebrae 1968 (LH 578) is presented as lot 115 with a quote from Moore 'This is perhaps what makes me interested in bones as much as flesh because the bone is the inner structure of all living forms. It's the bone that pushes out from inside and it's there that the movement and the energy come from'. Lot 122 is Moore's Madonna and Child 1943 (LH 221).
0023533
Publisher: Shinwa Art Auction Co.Ltd
Place Published: Japan
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 199pp.Illus.Appendices.
Description: Sales auction catalogue with one Moore work, Picture Frame: Mother and Child 1977 (LH 737) presented as lot 98 on page 192.
0023634
Publisher: Christie's
Place Published: New York
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 13 November. 349pp.illus.
Description:

Two Moore lots, each illus. with commentary and comparative images.

Lot 38A: Reclining Figure 1982. Comparative images of Working Model for Reclining Figure: Angles, Draped Reclining Mother and Baby, and a Chac-Mool figure from Chichen Itza.

Lot 52A: Working Model for Reclining Woman: Elbow 1981. Comparative images of the Unesco Reclining Figure, Reclining Woman: Elbow, and Moore working on the maquette for Reclining Figure: Angles.

0023720
Publisher: Christie's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 22 November. 188pp.illus.
Description:

Catalogue for Christie's London evening sale. Three Moore bronzes for sale, each listed with provenance, exhibition history, literature, commentary, and comparative illustrations.

Lot 18 is Time/Life Screen: Working Model, with comparative illustrations of Time/Life Screen and a biographical image of Moore in his studio with Alan Ingham. Time/Life Screen: Working Model is also illustrated on the inside front cover.

Lot 21 is Helmet Head No.1, with comparative illustrations of Helmet Head and Shoulders and Helmet Heads (HMF 2412).

Lot 33 is Mother and Child: Crossed Feet with comparative images of Harlow Family Group and Moore at work in his studio.

At the end of the catalogue is an advert for the New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on November 13 with an illus. of Reclining Figure 1982.

0023474
Publisher: Lowell Libson Limited 2017
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 118pp.Illus.
Description: Gallery sales catalogue with Moore's drawing Figure studies (HMF 1014a) presented on pages 114,115 and 116 with main image of work on page 115 together with details of the drawing on inside covers of catalogue. Accompanying commentary on pages 114 includes reference to and images of Moore's Reclining figure: drawing for sculpture 1933 (HMF 992) and Reclining Figure 1933, reinforced carved concrete (LH 134). Commentary includes references to Seven and Five Society and Unit One, exhibitions at Leicester Galleries and Mayor Gallery, and quotes from Herbert Read's Henry Moore, Sculpture: an Appreciation and Roger Berthoud's The Life of Henry Moore.
0023588
Publisher: Christie's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 17-24 November 2017. 128pp.illus.
Description: Catalogue for online sale at Christie's. Lot 87 is HMF 19a.
0023597
Publisher: Phillips
Place Published: New York
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 15 November 2017. 98 lots.
Description:

7 lots are works by Moore. 5 sculptures from the Betty and Stanley Sheinbaum Collection; one sculpture and one drawing from other owners.

Leaf Figure No.4, Draped Seated Figure against Curved Wall, Animal Head, Maquette for Reclining Figure No.2, and Draped Reclining Figure (lots 177-181) are all from the Sheinbaum collection. Lot 192 is Stringed Figure, and 198 is Ideas for Sculpture.

There is also a brief discussion of Moore's place in the Sheinbaum collection, accompanied by a biographical image of Moore in the studio.

0023613
Publisher: Germann
Place Published: Zurich, Switzerland
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 29-30 May. 837 lots.illus.
Description:

Lot 790 (from the Internationale Druckgrafik und Multiples evening sale on 30th May) is Elephant Skull, Plate XIII (CGM 126).

0023715
Publisher: Sotheby's
Place Published: New York
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 15 November. 460pp.illus.
Description: Catalogue for a sale of 303 lots at Sotheby's New York. 10 Moore lots: 4 drawings and 6 sculptures. All illus., with commentary on HMF 1091 and LH 602.
0023844
Publisher: Sotheby's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 5 April, 136pp.
Description: Lot 95. Head of Woman, 1981 (CGM 603) illust.
Lot 96. Sketchbook Edition B: Reclining Nude, 1983 (CGM 670) illust.
Lot 97. Four Grazing Sheep, 1974 (CGM 389) illust.
Lot 98. Mother with Child on Lap, 1982 (CGM 651) illust.
Lot 99. Two Reclining Figures, 1983 (CGM 669) illust.
Lot 100. Sculptures in Dark Interior, 1973 (CGM 373) illust.
Lot 101. Sculptural Ideas 1, 1980 (CGM 580-586) illust.
Lot 102 Four Colour Etchings: Eight Sculptural Ideas; Seated Mother and Child; Seven Sculptural Ideas I; and Seven Sculptural Ideas II; 1981 (CGM 587-590)
Lot 103. Two Women, 1980 (HMF 81(38)) illust.
0023875
Publisher: Christie's
Place Published: New York
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 16 May, 436pp.
Description: Lot 141. Ideas for Upright Interal/External Forms, 1947-49 (HMF 2605) illust. with accompanying comparative image of LH 297a.
Lot 142. Seated Figures (recto and verso), 1950-51 (HMF 2657) illust.
Lot 302. Maquette for Carving, 1983 (LH 890, cast 4) illust.
Lot 305. Maquette for Draped Reclining Mother and Baby, 1981 cast in 1982 (LH 820, cast 9) illust. and accompanying text.
Lot 306. Seated Woman Holding Child, 1982 (LH 876, cast 2) illust.
Lot 307. Semi-Seated Mother and Child, 1981 (LH 835, cast 5) illust.
Lot 399. Maquette for Mother and Child, 1952 (LH 314, cast -c) illust.
Lot 419. Three Standing Figures, 1945 (LH 258, cast d) illust. with accompanying text. Also includes comparative image of LH 268.
Lot 457. Maquette for Reclining Figure: Cloak, 1966 cast in 1969 (LH 564, cast 3) illust.
Lot 458. Thin Standing Figure, 1965 cast in 1968 (LH 539, cast 2) illust.
Lot 462. Reclining Figure, 1945 (LH 247, cast -f) illust. with accompanying text. Also includes comparative image of Recumbent Figure, 1938 (LH 191).
0023525
Publisher: Christie's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 27 June 2017. 198pp.Illus.
Description:

Auction sale catalogue with advert for a Christie's Modern British and Irish Art: Evening Sale on 26 June 2017 showing an image of Moore's Standing Figures with Rock Background (HMF 2383).

0023625
Publisher: Christie's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 28 February. 306pp.illus.
Description:

Three Moore lots, illustrated and with discussion of the work; one advert showing a Moore work.

Lot 17: Mother and Child on Ladderback Chair with comparative photograph of the Farley Farm Mother and Child.

Lot 28: Four Piece Reclining Figure.

Lot 44: Reclining Figure 1945 with comparative photograph of Shelterers in the Tube 1941.

Advert for Christie's New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale May 2017, with illustration of Upright Internal/External Form.

0023873
Publisher: Bonhams
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 22 November, 156pp.
Description: Lot 30. Sketch of Mother and Child: Fragment, 1979 (HMF 79(181)) illust.
Lot 31. Two Reclining Figures: Bone, 1980 (HMF 80(126)) illust.
Lot 32. Trees against a Hedge, 1981 (HMF 81(318)) illust.
Lot 33. Maquette for Curved Mother and Child, 1980 (LH 791, cast 8) illust. and accompanying text.
Lot 40. Two Bulb Forms, 1983 (LH 887, cast 2) illust.
Lot 41. Horse's Head, 1980 (LH 801, cast 5) illust.
Lot 42. Sculptural Form, 1962 (LH 505b, cast 2) illust.
0023874
Publisher: Sotheby's
Place Published: New York
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 16 May, 275pp.
Description: Lot 17. Seated Woman, 1957 cast in 1960 (LH 435, cast 4) illust. and accompanying text. Text also uses comparative images of Falling Warrior, 1957-58 (LH 405), Draped Seated Woman, 1957-58 (LH 428), as well as Les Grandes Baigneuses, 1894-1905, Paul Cézanne.
0023480
Publisher: Christie's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 1 March 2017. 394pp.Illus.Index.
Description: Five illustrated Moore Lots as well as one image on page 386 of Three Standing Figures 1945 (LH 258) advertising sale in New York May 2017 and one full page image of Maquette for Draped Reclining Woman 1956 (LH 335) on page 166 used as an illustration to accompany the start of the Lots from the Personal collection of Barbara Lambrecht being sold to benefit the Rubens Prize collection in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Siegen. Lot 262 on page 115 Reclining Nude in Landscape 1980 (HMF 80(145)). Lot 263 Reclining Figures 1943 (HMF 2156) on pages 116 and 117 showing full page image and smaller image of Reclining Figure bronze 1945 (LH 258) together with commentary referencing and quoting form the following sources: Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, D Syvester; Henry Moore, G Grigson; Henry Moore Work-Theory-Impact C. Lichenstein; and Henry Moore: Writings and Conversations A. Wilkinson. Lot 264 Ideas for Sculpture c.1930 (HMF 1475). Lot 265 Three Women with a Child and Reclining Figures on Music Lines 1954-56 (HMF 2601). Lot 402 Maquette for a Draped Reclining Woman 1956 showing full page image on page 171 and smaller image on p 170 together with commentary including long quote from Moore on the subjects of drapery, Greece and reclining figures taking from Henry Moore J. Russell.
0023476
Publisher: Sotheby's
Place Published: London
Year: 2017
Date & Collation: 368pp.Illus.Index.
Description: Two Moore Lots: 114 and 116. Lot 114 Two Women and Children 1945 (HMF 2335) with accompanying commentary and quotes from Moore taken from The Drawings of Henry Moore, Alan G. Wilkinson and from Henry Moore, My Ideas, Inspiration and Life as an Artist, Henry Moore & John Hedgecoe, together with a photograph of Henry Moore and his daughter Mary in front of a large version of Family Group 1953 taken by Alison Grant Robertson. Lot 116 Man and Woman II 1978 bronze (LH 743).